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JOE MINOR THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 11, 1947 – September 24, 1967
Service recordJoe Minor Thomas, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 7
- GARY LEE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ERRAL DALE SMALLWOODPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- THOMAS MILTON THATCHERLance Corporal · September 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER BURNSStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 4
- LAWRENCE BERNARD CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 5
- ERRAL DALE SMALLWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 7
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 7
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.